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Plot Summary:
Goro's supermarket is not doing well; the rival "Bargains Galore" threatens his business. A chance encounter with Hanako, an energetic woman he knew in grade school, results in big retail and life changes.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 855
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min
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Soup for One (1982)
Plot Summary:
A neurotic young New Yorker believes he has found his perfect match and desperately tries to win her over.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 298
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: indie film, sex comedy
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An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women (2009)
Plot Summary:
This is an omnibus of six short films by six different directors, whose lead characters are unconventional women. They are "Hijoshi," females who live true to themselves and their desires.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: anthology, detective
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Trivia Night (2016)
Plot Summary:
An underground trivia legend in NYC lives in the shadows. He faces a mysterious unbeaten game show from his past when he battles his rival to reclaim the greatness he once had.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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Kidnapping Granny K (2007)
Plot Summary:
Mrs. KWON has spent lifetime building a small home-made soup business into an empire with her bare hands. Now a retiring millionaire, she’s distributed most of her wealth among her children and is enjoying her life as an independent, tech-savvy granny. A band of less-than-professional criminals kidnaps her in a hope to make an easy fortune but their naïve plan goes all wrong, when the family of their difficult hostage is reluctant to pay the modest ransom of 50,000 dollars. Infuriated by this, Mrs. KWON takes the matter into her own hands and leads the pack in making the biggest kidnap case in history. Will she and her kidnappers be able to get their hands on the 50 million dollar ransom?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min
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Louder! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!! (2018)
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Shing (Sadao Abe) is a rock star. He has an amazingly loud voice with a range of four octaves. His secret is that he has created his voice through a method of vocal cord doping. His voice is now teetering on the edge, due to side effects from the vocal cord doping. Around this time, Shing meets Fuuka (Riho Yoshioka) who is a street musician. When Fuuka sings, her vice is so small. Due to Fuuka, Shing looks back upon his past.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
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Honnouji Hotel (2017)
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In Kyoto, Mayuko (Haruka Ayase) stands at a crossroad in her life. She's thinking about marriage with her boyfriend Kyoichi (Hiroyuki Hirayama). By an accidental opportunity, Mayuko stays at Honnouji Hotel. There, she meets historical figure Nobunaga Oda (Shinichi Tsutsumi) who is attempting to unify Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: art house
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Genkai in a Black Company (2009)
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After the death of this mother, Masao Oneta (Teppei Koike) decides to leave the comfort of his room after years of self isolation and get a job. He lands a position at a small IT firm but doesn't yet realise this company is one of many 'black companies', known for overworking their employees.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
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Kidnap Ding Ding Don (2016)
Plot Summary:
Don wakes up to find a kidnapped girl, Ding Ding, who claims Don is her kidnapper, except Don has no memory of the kidnapping.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
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Boeing Boeing (1985)
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The movie is an adaptation of the 1960 French play of the same name and is considered to be a cult comedy classic in Malayalam. It was also one of the first commercial successes of the Mohanlal-Mukesh-Priyadarashan team. Shyam (Mohanlal) is a struggling journalist who gets an opportunity to be the caretaker of a flat in the city. Even while engaged to his childhood sweetheart Sreekutty (Menaka); he uses his charms and resourcefulness to make three air-hostesses (Lissie, Ashwini, Madhuri) fall in love with him. With the help of his maid (Sukumari) and friend (Raju) he carefully manages their schedule in the flat so that none of his girlfriends meet each other. Life is good for Shyam, till his former colleague and friend Anil (Mukesh) comes to visit him.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: remake of american film
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Too Much (1987)
Plot Summary:
When Suzie and her parents take a visit to Japan her father's business partner, an inventor called Tetsuro decides to make Suzie a robot. The robot's name is 'Too Much' (or TM for short) and he and Suzie become the best of friends. But when the day comes for Suzie to return home she finds she's not allowed to take TM with her, so they run away together. However, they must watch out for a rival inventor of Tetsuro's is looking for them so that he can examine TM's programming. Will TM and Suzie manage to escape from his clutches and prove that love conquers all?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Sleeping with the Fishes (2013)
Plot Summary:
A woman's journey of self-discovery and the dynamics of her zany family. Alexis Fish is left broke and broken-hearted after the death of her cheating husband, working as a phone sex operator and a walking meatball hero. As she returns to her hometown of Brooklyn for a distant aunt's funeral, she fears to admit to her family and overbearing mother that her life is a mess. With help from her quirky sister Kayla and a new love interest, Alexis realizes she must let go of her past to define her own future.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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A Taxing Woman (1987)
Plot Summary:
Ryoko Itakura is a government tax agent who has just landed a big promotion. Her first assignment is to catch wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo. She has a tough job, since in Japan tax evasion is an art and Gondo is, in effect, Rembrandt. Her job is complicated by a growing sympathy for the rogue and by political pressure to lay off.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: surreal, clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Adrift in Tokyo (2007)
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Leading a lazy life, Fumiya has been a university student for 8 years and owes money to loan sharks. One day, a man named Fukuhara comes to collect the loan, which Fumiya cannot pay. So Fukuhara makes a proposition: He will cancel the debt as long as Fumiya agrees to walk with him across Tokyo to the police station of Kasumigaseki, where he intends to turn himself in for a crime he deeply regrets. Not having much choice, Fumiya accepts the deal. Thus begins their journey which will lead them to various unusual encounters, most of all with themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, light, relaxing, clever, touching, offbeat, talky
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Instant Swamp (2009)
Plot Summary:
After being forced to resign from her publishing company job when her magazine goes out of circulation, office worker Haname Jinchoge (Kumiko Aso) is given the name of her real father-Noburo Jinchoge when her mother (Keiko Matsuzaka) falls into a coma after nearly drowning in a pond while searching for kappa. Unsure if Noburo (Morio Kazama) is her father, Haname decides to visit him but tells him that she is a distant relative, he happens to be the shopkeeper at an odd antiquities shop called Light Bulb Co., working for her father is a punk rocker named Gas (Ryo Kase).
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, offbeat, not serious, weird
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Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study for entrance to Tokyo University to set up a career with a major company. He dreams of sparing Junnosuke the struggles that he has faced as a writer. The family continues to rely upon Hiromi's income from her bar. Meanwhile a rival story, The Virus, by a new writer has appeared in the periodical that has been publishing his stories "Boy's Adventure Book" and he fears the new competition. Norifumi Suzuki also receives a new TV, but more of a deluxe model. Mutsuko Hoshino (Roku) is still the principal mechanic in the Suzuki family's auto repair shop, but she dresses up some mornings to go to a nearby street with the hope of a "chance" meeting with Dr.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags:
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Adrenaline Drive (1999)
Plot Summary:
A gas leak explosion at a yakuza hideout provides a shy nurse and a rental car clerk with the opportunity to take a briefcase full of money. A cross-country chase ensues.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, road movie, offbeat, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992)
Plot Summary:
A grand old Japanese hotel is trying to get a prestigious contract as the site of a summit meeting of important foreign officials. Unfortunately, this hotel is quite popular with the Yakuza (Japanese gangsters) and is a favorite target of theirs for extortion. They employ a variety of schemes to con the hotel out of 'hush-money.' The hotel needs to rid itself of the Yakuza and finally begins to fight back by hiring Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer who is an expert at dealing with these criminals on their own terms. This film by Juzo Itami combines action with farce, as an all-out war ensues. Written by Tad Dibbern.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, biting, suspense
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April Fools (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ayumi Nitta is a member of a hospital cleaning staff and suffers from extreme social anxiety. After having a one-night stand with genius surgeon and sex addict Wataru Makino, Ayumi discovers she’s pregnant. However, when she tells Wataru, he dismisses her claim as a bad April Fools joke. Refusing to believe he could possibly be the father of Ayumi’s baby after just one night together, Wataru takes a woman named Reiko on a date to an Italian restaurant. However, Ayumi also shows up, leading to a major incident.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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The Calamari Wrestler (2004)
Plot Summary:
This wild comedy pokes fun at the world of pro-wrestling by placing its accomplished wrestler protagonist Koji Taguchi against a giant squid known as the Calamari Wrestler. The Calimari Wrestler not only proves to be Koji's most difficult opponent yet, but also has an effect on several people's personal lives when he becomes the unlikely object of a young girl's affection.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 786
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, surreal, offbeat, weird, campy
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A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)
Plot Summary:
Ryoko Itakura returns as the government tax agent willing to tackle the toughest cases. This time she takes on a fanatical but lucrative religious cult run by a vile lecher.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Funeral (1984)
Plot Summary:
At the beginning of the film the father-in-law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack. The remainder of the film is episodic, moving from one incident to another over the course of the three-day funeral, which is held (as is customary) in the home. These incidents contrast old ways and new ways, young and old, ritual ceremony and true feelings, often comically, but sometimes with real poignancy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: art house, touching, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Dandelion (1985)
Plot Summary:
A pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside fast food stop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, pleads them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle soup making".
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: funny, surreal, disturbing, humorous, witty, sexy, culinary, art house, buddy comedy, warmhearted
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Bagboy (2007)
Plot Summary:
A teenager enters the competitive world of grocery store bagging.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 804
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Taco Shop (2018)
Plot Summary:
A taco shop's business is jeopardized when a gourmet taco truck parks across the street.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Golden Arm (2020)
Plot Summary:
A tough lady trucker trains her girly best friend to compete in the National Ladies Arm Wrestling Championship.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Bakuman (2015)
Plot Summary:
Moritaka Mashiro (Takeru Satoh) doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change though when falls in love with a girl at school. The girl, who hopes to become a voice actress, tells Moritaka they can marry, but only after they both achieve their dreams. Moritaka then teams up with fellow classmate Akito Takagi (Ryunosuke Kamiki) to publish their first manga.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, stylized, anime, manga
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Cromartie High School: The Movie (2005)
Plot Summary:
When a good student named Kamiyama gets placed in a high school filled with disobedient kids, he steps up to the plate and takes a position of leadership. Urging the young slackers and rebels to clean up their act, Kamiyama is in store for a lot of resistance.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, surreal, semi serious, anime, exciting, offbeat
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What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin after carousing. Soon, a new disturbance arises for the Hirata family. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his comedy about the “perfect“ Japanese family turned upside down in chaos, laughters and understanding. This time, with an additional taste of death.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 770
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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The Kitchen: World Chef Battle (2017)
Plot Summary:
Victor Barinov at the personal request of the Russian President will go to Sochi at the world championship for professional chefs and to prove that he and his team are the best in the world! The hard struggle for the title of winner of Operations will help "dark horse" - his own son Ivan, which he suddenly found out on the eve of the championship.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, captivating, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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Gokuraku Sento Busty Hot Water Momi (2011)
Plot Summary:
"Tachibana Yusen" in a certain town. There is a public bath that Kasuko, who has extraordinary big breasts, inherited from her father. There are regular customers from my father's time, but young people and old people gathered for Kasuko's big breasts. However, it was decided to open a sports gym with a spa in the neighborhood, and as a countermeasure, he was considering new services with regular customers.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, satirical, sex comedy
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